NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS
Configuring and Administering an NFS Client
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2. If your system is already running as an NFS client, issue the
following command to mount each remote directory you have added
to the /etc/fstab file:
/usr/sbin/mount local_directory
Or, issue the following command to mount all the directories listed in
the /etc/fstab file:
/usr/sbin/mount -a
The remote directories listed in the /etc/fstab file will be mounted
automatically when you enable NFS client capability or reboot your
system. See “To Enable NFS Client Capability” on page 45.
The local directory you configure as a mount point must exist and should
be empty. If the local mount point contains files or directories, they will
be hidden and inaccessible while the remote directory is mounted over
them.
Before you can mount a remote directory on your system, the remote
system where the directory is located must be configured as an NFS
server and must export the directory.
To mount a directory temporarily, issue the mount command, but do not
add the mount to the /etc/fstab file. It will stay mounted until you
reboot your system or until you unmount it with the umount command.
For more information, type man 4 fstab or man 1M mount at the HP-UX
prompt.
Example NFS Mount of man pages
broccoli:/usr/share/man /usr/share/man NFS ro 0 0